When Max is asleep for the long period of time, Liesel cares enough to bring him 13 gifts and read to him twice or three times per day. When the hidden Jew finally does become conscious, Rosa follows Liesel's orders to yell at Liesel about the location of a hairbrush. Not only does this add a bit of comic relief from the supposedly dead Max Vandenburg, the visit of Rosa also lightens the mood with the news that Max isn't dead at all. The reader sees Rosa in this scene make a total shift in character to a nice news-bringing-woman from her usual swearing self. Connecting with Hans is very usual for Liesel, but in the instance of painting blinds with the silver-eyed man, Liesel does learn that once Rosa Hubermann was "beautiful once, and actually very quiet-spoken" (355).
The reader is forced to loving this almost-family but always has the knowledge that some big event is going to change this content air that there is now.
I like the way that you integrated Rosa Hubermann as part of "the family" as she is connecting with the other family members more often. Do you think that her connection has something to do with the fact that she is out of work? Also, I think Rosa Hubermann's appearence at school was really sincere of her because she really knows how much Liesel wished that Max would be fine after he became ill. Good job!
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